Belchertown vs Huntington

A side-by-side comparison of Belchertown and Huntington: population, income, housing, and more.

Belchertown and Huntington are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belchertown has the higher population (2,299 vs 853 in Huntington). Belchertown has the higher median household income ($68,393 vs $52,344 in Huntington). Belchertown has the higher median home value ($331,500 vs $301,800 in Huntington).

Population, income & housing

	Belchertown	Huntington
Population	2,299	853
Median age	52.1 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,393	$52,344
Median home value	$331,500	$301,800
Median gross rent	$913	$1,286
Housing units	1,300	345
Homeownership rate	62.0%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belchertown	Huntington
Population	2,874 → 2,299 (-20.0%)	634 → 853 (+34.5%)
Median household income	$78,578 → $68,393 (-13.0%)	$52,500 → $52,344 (-0.3%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $331,500 (+27.4%)	$163,800 → $301,800 (+84.2%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $913 (+25.2%)	$928 → $1,286 (+38.6%)

Belchertown

Population

2,8742,299

Median household income

$78,578$68,393

Median home value

$260,300$331,500

Median gross rent

$729$913

Huntington

Population

634853

Median household income

$52,500$52,344

Median home value

$163,800$301,800

Median gross rent

$928$1,286

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belchertown	Huntington
Under 5	6.4%	11.0%
5 to 17	11.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	7.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	18.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	15.5%	10.9%
75 and over	13.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belchertown	Huntington
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	92.6%
Black or African American	7.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belchertown	Huntington
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.1%
High school graduate	26.3%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belchertown	Huntington
Drove alone	81.3%	91.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belchertown	Huntington
1-unit, detached	51.2%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	22.0%
5 to 19 units	23.8%	7.5%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belchertown	Huntington
Poverty rate	16.5%	26.8%
Average household size	1.83	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1985	1953